No Lollipop? No problem. You can get some slick new Material Design themes for your keyboard in the SwiftKey store to make your phone feel a little more modern. Okay, I guess it is still a bummer that you don't have Lollipop yet, but that's not SwiftKey's fault. How about you just enjoy the themes?

If you've got SwiftKey installed, just head into the theme store and you should see the new Material themes in dark and light. They aren't quite clones of the stock Android 5.0 keyboard, but the look is very similar. Each one costs $0.99, but you can use it on all your devices if you decide to buy it.

Since there's no update to the app itself, there are no new features or fixes with the new skins—that's all they are, skins. If SwiftKey works well for you, it'll still work well. If not, it won't.

Comments

I like the Material dark one. But one dollar for a keyboard app I paid for already sounds a bit too much. Maybe if it goes on sale later on I'll buy it with my Rewards credit.

gonsa sba

my thoughts too. I was going head-first to get it and find it at €0.89.
do this things go on sale too?

Abraham

I am not sure if they ever do go on sale. But I am hoping that when Android 5.0 comes out, maybe they'll have a sale? Sounds plausible, I think.

Vetal

I could see paying .25 cents for a keyboard skin at most. They would sell way more skins if they were priced better.

Abraham

That is kind of what I hope they price it at. Ill throw them a quarter for a different colored keyboard.
Until then, Ill keep one of the skins the app came with. Dont know the name of the one I'm currently using.

mike shwilly

what is so "material" in this?

Daniel Silva

It just looks like the material design Google Keyboard.

Captain Canada

Thereby making the skin "material".

Nick

Needs more material, actually and more design for that matter.

gonsa sba

My favourite theme is the Nickel

José Junior

Beautiful. But, still lags after sending a message/pressing return?

Jiggs

This by far is the single most irritating thing about Swiftkey, and why I keep going back to the leaked Android L Stock Keyboard again and again.

Shai Pal

Well, I just bought the Dark one and the annoying lag disappeared.

abqnm

I have noticed some themes do cause it to lag. Luckily I like the light colored themes, so Nickel Light works great for me and doesn't have the lag that some of the colored themes have.

I'm really excited for L, and the fact that dev's are getting a head start on it is exciting, thanks to the really builds.

Shi Qiu

Bummer it doesn't come free with an update. Holo theme was added either.
Don't get me wrong, that's not a big thing to pay, but system themed...themes shouldn't be paid.

Brad

That's where they make money now. Keyboard's free.

Shi Qiu

I know, but as I said, it's a system theme, even worse, stock system theme. I can understand if they have other gazillion themes for sale, but stock android look, just like with Holo, should be preloaded.

VAVA Mk2

Purchased both. Like the dark a lot. Looks nice.

saf1927

Am I the only one who loves the Holo (Blue) Google Keyboard? I prefer it to the new material one. Luckily there is a way to change theme.

flu.

Holo design looks like a creature from an other era.

Sharky

I tried reverting to Holo before the L update pushes out to keep my phone clean, and couldn't bear it for more than one message. The (official) L keyboard is so much cleaner and more modern feeling.

Stylus_XL

Does this lag any less on the latest Android L Preview?

Brad

Yeah, it's pretty good. Can't compare it to stock because i never use stock.

Benjamin S.

Doesn't look very material at all

Teh

its jus a variation in material colors. Fine with me

tehdef

I hate it when ugly things get associated with Material Design. The buttons around the letters basically immediately disqualify them from being Material, lol.

I wish there was any way to delete some of the pre-installed themes. There are quite a few which I will never use and which only make me swipe more to reach the ones I want to use.

Paco Inurreta

Im not trying to sound like a cheap fuck (I know I really sound like one) but 99 cents for just a skin? Come on Swiftkey! I know you guys are making the money through themes but this isnt really worth it.

I purchased the app for $2USD a year ago and moved to one of the themed Swifkeys cause its has a darker skin that I like. I dont think I will ever go back to the official one.

Brad

So you got the keyboard on sale and now want the themes for free?

Paco Inurreta

Not on sale, if $2US was the sale price then I purchased it for $4 or whatever it was the price. And I didnt say i wanted themes for free, What I meant is a better-bigger varierty of themes and that 99 cents is not exactly a good price of a theme. When I moved into the unofficial-themed version I noticed how easy is to make your own theme and 99 cents is not worth it.

Brad

Well... I bought the phone version twice, and the tablet version once and happily paid the .99 for the theme this time. It's a solid keyboard and the devs deserve it.

Aldeano

Use this SwiftKey version. It has a lot of custom themes, and I recommend the Sense one, my favourite so far.